Option parsing fonctions are called with &error_fatal, which causes error_setg() to call exit() and the hints are never printed.
Use an intermediate error object so that exit() happens in error_propagate() after error_append_hint() could be called. Signed-off-by: Greg Kurz <gr...@kaod.org> --- hw/9pfs/9p-local.c | 11 +++++++---- hw/9pfs/9p-proxy.c | 11 +++++++---- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c b/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c index 6f7309f4e691..2c80d2ac30f5 100644 --- a/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c +++ b/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c @@ -1486,8 +1486,9 @@ static int local_parse_opts(QemuOpts *opts, FsDriverEntry *fse, Error **errp) Error *local_err = NULL; if (!sec_model) { - error_setg(errp, "security_model property not set"); - error_append_security_model_hint(errp); + error_setg(&local_err, "security_model property not set"); + error_append_security_model_hint(&local_err); + error_propagate(errp, local_err); return -1; } @@ -1501,8 +1502,10 @@ static int local_parse_opts(QemuOpts *opts, FsDriverEntry *fse, Error **errp) } else if (!strcmp(sec_model, "mapped-file")) { fse->export_flags |= V9FS_SM_MAPPED_FILE; } else { - error_setg(errp, "invalid security_model property '%s'", sec_model); - error_append_security_model_hint(errp); + error_setg(&local_err, "invalid security_model property '%s'", + sec_model); + error_append_security_model_hint(&local_err); + error_propagate(errp, local_err); return -1; } diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p-proxy.c b/hw/9pfs/9p-proxy.c index 97ab9c58a573..5de5e53702f7 100644 --- a/hw/9pfs/9p-proxy.c +++ b/hw/9pfs/9p-proxy.c @@ -1126,15 +1126,18 @@ static int proxy_parse_opts(QemuOpts *opts, FsDriverEntry *fs, Error **errp) { const char *socket = qemu_opt_get(opts, "socket"); const char *sock_fd = qemu_opt_get(opts, "sock_fd"); + Error *local_err = NULL; if (!socket && !sock_fd) { - error_setg(errp, "both socket and sock_fd properties are missing"); - error_append_socket_sockfd_hint(errp); + error_setg(&local_err, "both socket and sock_fd properties are missing"); + error_append_socket_sockfd_hint(&local_err); + error_propagate(errp, local_err); return -1; } if (socket && sock_fd) { - error_setg(errp, "both socket and sock_fd properties are set"); - error_append_socket_sockfd_hint(errp); + error_setg(&local_err, "both socket and sock_fd properties are set"); + error_append_socket_sockfd_hint(&local_err); + error_propagate(errp, local_err); return -1; } if (socket) {